Medical Definition of Hsp90
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Widely distributed group of conserved heat-shock proteins of average weight 90 kD. Exact function unknown, but are found associated with steroid hormone receptors and tyrosine kinase oncogene products. May also bind actin and tubulin.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hsp90
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